What time is it in Hoover, Alabama?
7:54:02 AM
Friday, September 25, 2026. Central Daylight Time, UTC−5:00.
- Time zone
- Central Daylight Time
- UTC offset
- UTC−5:00
- Daylight saving
- In force now
- Population
- 93,013
Daylight saving in Hoover
Hoover is currently on daylight saving time. The next change is Sunday, November 1, 2026, when 2:00 am becomes 1:00 am local time.
Hoover sits at 33.38°N, 86.81°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Hoover.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Hoover it is highest at 12:38 pm today — 38 minutes after clock noon.
At 86.8°W, Hoover sits comfortably inside its zone. Daylight saving adds another hour on top until the clocks change.
Daylight in Hoover today
- Sunrise
- 6:37 am
- Sunset
- 6:40 pm
- Day length
- 12 hours 2 minutes
- Longest day
- 14 hours 22 minutes
Today runs 12 hours 2 minutes in Hoover, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 4 hours 26 minutes, from 14 hours 22 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 56 minutes in December.
At 33.4°N that puts Hoover between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.